Vojvodina, Serbia: Towns to Explore on Foot

Vojvodina is a broad, multicultural region in northern Serbia, shaped by the Danube, the Tisza and centuries of changing rule. The best things to do in Vojvodina include exploring its historic towns, discovering Serbian cultural institutions, and visiting the monasteries and landscapes of Fruška Gora. Neywo offers free audio guides for 4 cities in Vojvodina, with 59 narrated places in total.

What to see and do in Vojvodina

Explore Novi Sad, the region’s cultural centre

Novi Sad is Vojvodina’s administrative centre and one of the most important places to begin exploring the region. Under Habsburg rule, it became a major cultural centre for Serbs and was known in the 19th century as “Serbian Athens”. The name reflected the city’s role in preserving Serbian culture.

Several of the city’s landmarks tell this story. Matica srpska, described as the oldest matica in the world, is part of Novi Sad’s cultural heritage, as is the Serbian National Theatre. The city’s religious architecture also reflects its history, including Nikolajevska crkva, Almaš church and Saint George Cathedral.

The Novi Sad audio guide covers 35 narrated places, including the Museum of Vojvodina. It is a useful way to connect the city’s buildings and institutions with the wider history of the province.

Visit Sremski Karlovci and its Orthodox heritage

Sremski Karlovci is a Baroque town with a long connection to Serbian Orthodox culture. Its historical importance is part of the wider story of communities and institutions that developed in Vojvodina under Habsburg rule.

Among its notable places are the Fountain “Four Lions”, the Rimokatolička crkva Sv. Trojstva and the Church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Sremski Karlovci. The town is also connected with the Serbian poet Branko Radičević, whose grave lies in Stražilovo.

The Sremski Karlovci guide includes 15 narrated places, making it one of the best towns to visit in Vojvodina for a focused walk through its religious and cultural heritage.

Discover Subotica’s place in a multilingual region

Subotica is one of the cities that shows Vojvodina’s diverse cultural character. Across the region, Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian and Rusyn are used by the provincial administration. These languages also appear in community life and publications, including the Hungarian daily Magyar Szó.

Subotica has a place in this wider landscape of contact among Slavic, Hungarian, German and other communities. The Subotica city page is a useful starting point for including the city in a wider Vojvodina itinerary.

See Vršac’s religious and historic landmarks

Vršac brings together several of the architectural traditions found across Vojvodina. Its landmarks include the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral, the Saint Gerhard the Bishop and Martyr Roman Catholic Church, Vršac Castle and Vršac City Hall.

The city’s religious buildings reflect the region’s history of different communities living side by side. Its castle adds another layer to the story of changing power and settlement in the area. The Vršac audio guide includes 9 narrated places.

Visit the monasteries of Fruška Gora

Fruška Gora is home to 17 Serbian Orthodox monasteries, including Krušedol and Novo Hopovo. Together, they form one of the clearest expressions of Vojvodina’s Serbian Orthodox heritage.

The monasteries belong to a landscape whose identity was shaped by migration and settlement. During the Great Migrations of the Serbs, Serbs from Ottoman lands settled in the Habsburg monarchy, adding to the region’s complex historical development.

Understand Vojvodina’s layered history

Vojvodina’s geography helps explain its history. The Danube and the Tisza divide the region into Bačka, Banat and Syrmia, while a small part of Mačva lies south of the Sava. This broad plain has long been a meeting place between regions and communities.

Neolithic communities of the Starčevo and Vinča cultures flourished here long before modern borders existed. From the 10th century, the area was connected to the Principality and Kingdom of Hungary. After the Ottoman victory at Mohács, it entered a troubled period of anarchy and civil war. Later, Nazi Germany and its allies occupied and divided the region during the Second World War. Vojvodina became an autonomous province of Serbia in 1945.

Even the name preserves part of this political history: Vojvodina comes from the Serbian word for a voivodeship, a territory overseen by a voivode.

Explore Vojvodina with Neywo

Download Neywo to explore Vojvodina with free audio guides for 4 cities: Novi Sad, Sremski Karlovci, Subotica and Vršac. Across the region, the app includes 4 walking tours and 59 narrated places. Narration is available in 11 languages.

Each story plays as you reach the place, at your own pace, with no group and no schedule. Instead of following a fixed visit, you can walk through the cities and let the app tell the story of each landmark when you arrive.